Word: gridlocking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton may make himself more Perot-esque by appearing, against all odds, to get work done. He has developed a strategy to use Executive Orders to make things happen just as Congress is expected to be seized by gridlock on the budget this fall. By fiat, Clinton last week forced lobbyists who work at influencing the Executive Branch to register and disclose who is paying their fees. Similarly, he intends to compel federal agencies to limit cigarette sales to minors and, perhaps, to augment the environmental protections that Republicans voted last week to proscribe...
...platform is found in the positions the candidates stake out," he says. O'Connell says the group's mission is "to try to end divisiveness and gridlock in City Hall" while engaging in "dialogue and consensus-building...
...Litigation gridlock would be the inevitable consequence [of judicial review]," she said...
...Clinton signed the "unfunded mandates" bill into law. The measure prevents Congress from imposing costly newrequirements on the stateswithout providing adequate funding. Addressing a bipartisan crowd of lawmakers and 125 state and local officials, the president said that the law "shows that Republicans and Democrats can come together andbreak gridlock." He added: "This bill is another acknowledgment that Washington doesn't necessarily have all the answers." The law -- which allows states and localities to ignore most federal regulations that cost them more than $50 million a year -- is the second part of the GOP "Contract With America...
...easily appear the leader in opposition than in power, fighting against things instead of for them. It is an odd, frustrating position for someone who arrived in Washington two years ago brimming with ideas, promising change and assuring the public that he and the Dem-ocratic Congress would break gridlock. This year his most notable acts as President will be to create gridlock, with vetoes of Republican legislation he considers extreme. Whether the fight is over Clinton's program to fund 100,000 more police or the survival of his national-service youth corps, the White House hopes the public...